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Design features combat hose fatigue

Hoses fail for one main reason: fatigue. The Verderflex Dura pump series offers several design features that provide longer hose life than many others. Most important of these is the hose construction. Verderflex’s manufacturing process allows three times more nylon reinforcing fibres into the hose. Hoses must be compressed with hundreds and sometimes thousands of kilogrammes of force. The force is absorbed into the hose’s reinforcing fibres. Therefore, since Verderflex hoses have more fibres, they can spread the load out over more elements, so reducing the stress per fibre and delaying fatigue. It is remarkably simple, but Verder Pumps are said to be the only pumps to offer this feature. Verderflex hoses are handmade to the correct tolerances and do not require any machining.